Economist Nouriel Roubini: Bitcoin and the blockchain is just nonsense
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In March, a prominent economist and Professor at new York University's Nouriel Roubini that the stock market has no prospects in the near future, he will collapse, and the value of Bitcoin will fall to zero. Now he spoke out against digital money is even more stark: according to him, all the talk about decentralization — "just nonsense." His statement results .
theWhat is cryptocurrency. Version of the economist
During a speech at the Milken Institute Global conference, Roubini added that the blockchain just "advertised an Excel spreadsheet".
All that is called decentralization — nonsense. And the blockchain and cryptocurrencies.
As the newspaper notes, Roubini repeated the colorful epithet at least three times until not interfered by other panellists. CEO of Celsius Network Alex Mashinsky invited the economist to buy one coin and to see how it works. In response, the economist stated that his opponent "just believe in fairy tales".
Earlier, Roubini repeatedly that Bitcoin is the mother of all bubbles. The economist, famous for predicting the 2008 crisis, believes that other coins "even worse" the first cryptocurrency, and their appearance was "an environmental disaster" because mining consumes large amounts of electricity.
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